Stock material or miscellaneous articles – Vehicle body ornament
Patent
1992-03-18
1993-08-31
Epstein, Henry F.
Stock material or miscellaneous articles
Vehicle body ornament
428 81, 428192, B60R 1304
Patent
active
052407519
ABSTRACT:
An improved decorative automotive vehicle trim strip and method and apparatus for forming are provided by reshaping an end of a previously extruded length of thermoplastic material. The surface of the length of thermoplastic material intended for viewing is maintained at a cold temperature, well below the softening point of the thermoplastic material, during the reshaping operation. The length of thermoplastic material is heated during reshaping by a mold section heated to 400.degree. to 410.degree. F. pressed against the surface intended to be affixed to the vehicle.
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Epstein Henry F.
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